Angry Birdies

Obedience to gravity is the biggest sin
                                             
/Simone Weil

Angry Birds is a Finnish mobile game where birds battle pigs… If you close your eyes, you can hear them – the black-throated loon, the raven. They have flown through the darkness from the land of a thousand lakes to let their wrath sing. Now they are here – the messengers of vengeance. For in the heart of the victim sleeps a fire that will consume us all.

Five forgotten exchange students from Finland have come to seek revenge, to seek jobs, to seek justice. Through mythology, swan maidens, battle songs, dove ladies, and theatrical duels, they take the audience on a journey through minority sentiments and stormy rage, beyond the Finland ferries, across the sky, and if all goes well, into the freedom of the wings.

A co-production between SKH and KONTRÄR.
 

Concept and direction: Linda Forsell, artistic director at Konträr

Actors and co-creators: Maria Skrudland, Selma af Schultén, Willjam Tigerstedt, Essi Parkas and Larissa Barck – they are all Erasmus students from Uniarts Helsinki, Finland

Choreography: Ossi Niskala, former student from Master's programme New Performative Practices

Make-up: Emma Eastop, graduate of make-up and wig design

Lighting: Ragnar Fäst, technical theatre technician at SKH

Sound: Nikki Lindholm, production technician at SKH

Costume Design: Nils Harning, Costume and props at SKH